Events

Held on January 8, 2010. to an evening exchange greetings for the New Year with a chance of cutting the Pie of the Chamber of Kozani in honor of members and productive classes of the county, the ceremony of the Chamber of Commerce Business Awards held for the first time this year with the ambition to become an institution and the coming years.

The Chambers of Kozani awarded five prizes at renowned for successful business activity, business veterans of the county, which are emulated by younger people who "teach" the values ​​of entrepreneurship.

Foreword the event the President of the Chamber of Kozani, Christos Savvas said:

"Starting tonight's evening exchange greetings for the New Year. the management of our Chamber aims to establish an annual event award business awards for entrepreneurs and businesses, giving the example, but the moral motivation for even greater investment and export achievements. This year's first award for the prestigious awards, both in our Prefecture. and across the country-and abroad-veteran entrepreneurs of our district. that more than half a century with their business activities, the vision and initiatives. offer and provide tirelessly until today, when followers are their families and their children. the development of the economic life of the country and society. The prizes will be awarded are symbolic.

We honor the initiative, efficiency, effectiveness, availability of supply in society.

We honor the offer of "ours" entrepreneurs who established their place dared to make the start. To convert their vision to ideas, their skills in values​​.

Awarding excellence, to highlight the modern values ​​of entrepreneurship, to bring entrepreneurship closer to young people and to point out a positive choice for life and career.

The prizes are a little tonight confer honorary recognition by the Chamber and our productive classes of the county, it represents institutions, people, entrepreneurs who have set a key priority in their lives to support entrepreneurship, generating income for their employees. creating wealth for local and national economy, its contribution to society.

Such entrepreneurs, we celebrate tonight with their presence and the presence of their families. are honorable .- Nikolaos Papageorgiou, Athanasios Koukoutaris, Adam Ioannidis, Agamemnon Pitenis. Ioannis Christidis "

On hearing the names of operators who were rewarded for all the reasons that Mr Savas in the foreword. The crowded with guests of the Chamber banquet hall «B0RA-B0RA». shook from the applause and the applause of bystanders.

Then, members of the Executive Committee presented biographical points for each of the winners of reference at the beginning and development of each business activity. The result was to create an intense atmosphere of solemn emotion in the room, as everyone focused their attention on the brief, but concise, narrative of "history" of honorary entrepreneurs and presenting snapshots from the life and business activity, with projection of photographic material from the lives and their businesses on the screen that was in the middle of the scene.

AGAMEMNON PITENIS

The Treasurer of the Chamber, Mr. Anthony Siampanopoulos. talked about "Menios" the visionary and indefatigable father and head of the family business "A. PITENIS BROS SA" which he started from "zero" with the help of his beloved dear departed wife, Theodora, to create together with four sons now one of the better known nationwide, but also outside of the country, industry, manufacturing salads and other dishes. The reference in the difficult years of the start, the struggles of "a life" and points - power of business by Piteni. created intense emotional climate and remotely warm applause of the spectators at the event, especially as the MP and former Mayor of Kozani, Mr. Parrish Koukoulopoulos. personal friend of the winner, awarded him by the Chamber award, referring to the personality and actions of Mr. Piteni strongly to yield fully human dimension of the fighter businessman and family man as the "attitude of" won the appreciation and acceptance of all.